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They Say Hijabi Feminists Are The Worst!!
Why traditional muslims ( mostly men) fear their fellow believing feminists more than the non believing ones.
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These days, we are witnessing intense mockery and outrage from certain conservative religious circles (online and offline) directed at “hijabi feminists.” Interestingly, some people consider them even more dangerous than “atheist feminists.” Why? According to them, these women use religion for “their own purposes.”
Now what exactly do they mean by “their own purposes”?
Their agency? Their interpretation? Their right to form opinions on matters that directly affect their lives?
For centuries, the interpretation and exegesis of religion, jurisprudential preferences, moral codes, and even the ideal image of womanhood have largely been defined by men. Even when women engaged with religion, they did so through a patriarchal lens. They were told what made a woman good, what made her modest, what made her obedient, and what made her transgressive.
Now, when women revisit these very texts, traditions, and religious discourses through the lens of their own experiences, consciousness, histories, and subjectivities, somehow it becomes…
